Brush



sept. 21 ,1926.- 1,600,368

J. A. vSKOCLUND BRUSH vFiled Dec. 14, 1;;2'5i

I0 ll amante Jofseph Akoglund Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

A 1,600,368 PMENP OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. SKOGLUND, OF'VST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BRUSH.

Application led December My invention relatesto,y brushes and the.

method offorming thesame and `particularly toibrushes o-f the type 'in which the bristles 'are mounted in. a.` flexible back adapted to 'be folded..uponi tself to shield thebristiles'when the device `is-not ,iin use.

An objectof the invention 'resides in eX- tending the marginal end portions of the back beyondthe bristles and in attaching fastening members thereto, which yserve to holdr the back ,folded in flattened compactedform with the bristles intermeshed.

AAnother `.object resides in providing la retaining hand strap whichextends from end to end fof said back; and is secured thereto bymeans lof saidj fastening members, both said strap and backbeingpunched 'to receive said fasteningA members priori-to the atta-chmentof thestrap to said baci; to insure the proper amount of slack in said strap so that itwill not interfere with the fold-ing .fof the back. and yet tit snugly around the same when folded. y

lith the 'foregoing and other objects in view, which W'ill'gappear'v in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination' Vand arrangement Vof parts and in, the details of( ,construction hereinafter described and claimed.

` In the drawingsA -illustratingmy inventionlinI one form: f Y

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof my improved jbrushshowing the same extended.

Fig. A2 is a perspective view of the brush folded.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the structure as shown in Fig, 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevational view of the structure as shown in Fig. 2.

With flexible folding brushes considerable difficulty is encountered in causing the backs of the brushes to lie flat when folded and held together by the ordinary methods, such methods usually producing bulky and unsightly parcels. In my improved brush the back is held folded in flattened compacted form .by means of fasteners which are directly secured to the back itself hav ing their co-operating portions disposed on the facing portions of the surface .of said back in which the bristles are imbedded. In addition it has been found to. involve great care and eXactness in attaching the straps to the brushes so that the same will not be too tight or loose when the brush is folded. T his difliculty, I overcome by 14', y1925. serial No. 75,232.

first punching the fastening member holes inthe back and strap 'the'p'roper distance apart bymeans of zpunches,p.preferably those having -pairs of lproperly spaced dies-and thereafter V.assembling and attaching lthe fasteners so'that said straps yare uniformly ofthe @proper length and properlyy attached to ythe back, making allfof thevbrushes uni form. n

The brush proper'as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 comprisesa back V'A composed of two plies of 'resi-lient material 10 and 1l, secured' together by cementin'g, or any Voth-er suitable method vIn Athe inner ply-1-1 isset bristles 1Q which may be `of wire orother suitable material which are secured to said .-ply by any ofthe methodsjnow in commonusefor this purpose. Ifdesiredpwire staples-may be used which penetrate theply 11 from the rear, protruding outwardlyl therefrom., the base portion yof saidstaples being flodged between thetwo plies 10` and 11 'of baclr'A. The outer ply 1Q serves merely' as a covering forsconcealing the ends of the bristles 12 and maybe madewfrom embossed leather. rubber orot-her materialfformed'Atogive lan ornamental Aand attractive Vappearancefto the brush.1 The bristles 12 Vare 'confined medially ofl the Iback A. leaving marginal end portions 13and 14 -efitending outwardly beyond said bristles. Thev corners Vof-th'ebacl: Aare rounded as indicateda't 1,5 to give vthe brush .a` finished 4and neat;appearance.

To facilitate using the brush', a strap '1G is employed which extends longitudinally of the brush from end to end thereof and is secured thereto by means of Afastener members 17 and 18, which are riveted or clinched upon said back at the marginal portions 13 and 14'thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This strap is of a length greater than the back-VA. so that when the brush is extended as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the hand of the user may be inserted between said strap and back permitting the brush to be readily manipulated by the user for the particular purpose desired.

Then the brush is not in use, the same may be folded transversely upon itself across the middle thereof as indicated at 19 in Figs. 2 and 4 dividing the. back A into two facing portions 20 and 21 which serve to shield the bristles 12 positioned between the same. The portions 19 vand 2O are held together by means of the fastener members 17 and 18 previously referred to which are attached to the marginal end portions and 14 of rsaid back and which have co-operating snap portions 22 and 23 disposed upon the surface of said back from which the bristles 12 protrude so that when the portions 19 and are folded, these co-operating Vfastener members may be snapped together in the usual manner to hold the parts as illustrated. IVith the particular disposition of the fastener members 18 and 19 upon the marginal portions 13 and 14 of back A and with these portions facingV one another'the same. may be secured together in close relation to one another whichhas the eect of bending the portions 2O and 21 and the marginal portions 13 and 14 of back A so as to form reverse curves therein, causing the brush to remain folded in compacted and iiattened form, the bristles 12 thereof being intermeshed and shielded by the opposing portion of said bac-k. Intermeshed, the bristles 12 lend firmness tothe folded brush by opposing relative movement between the facing back portions in their own planes.

The strap 16 is made of such length that when the back Apof the. brush is folded over, said strap lits snugly around said back Vbeing neither too tight nor too loose. Where the strap is sewed on, the operator has to guess at the vproper position of thel strap and the proper position of the seam so that in vmany of the devices so manufactured the ously punching both of the holes in each of said members, said dies being spaced the proper distance apart so that when the back L appearing and attractive article.

That I claim is:

1. A brush comprising a` flexible back, bristles vmounted'on the inner side of the back between relatively deep marginal end portions thereof, said back being adapted to be folded upon itselfmedially to shield the bristles between opposed portions of the back, and co-operating fastener members directly secured to said end portions within the confines thereof adapted to hold said end portions together, face to face,`fin flattened condition, with the bristles on said portions of the back intermeshed.

2. A brush comprising a flexible back, bristles mounted on said back at the inside thereof, said back being adapted to be folded upon itself to shield said bristles, the marginal end portions of said tback extending beyond the bristles, and co-operating fastening members secured to said marginal portions serving to hold the back folded and a strap across said back secured thereto by said fastening members.Y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH A. SKOGLUN D. 

